List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan and Their Tenure Period

Prime Ministers of Pakistan

• According to the their constitution, Prime minister of Pakistan acts as the head of executive branch of the federal government who ensures smooth functioning of the executive branch and is also responsible for appointing the Cabinet as well as taking and authorizing executive decisions, appointments, and recommendations that require his confirmation.
• His other functions include ensuring the healthy condition of state economy, acts as a leader of the National Assembly, heads the Council of Common Interests as well as the Cabinet, and also leads the National Command Authority over Pakistan’s nuclear weapons arsenal.

• His leadership is required in both internal affairs and foreign policy.
• Members of the National Assembly elects the Prime Minister. Hence, he is also the leader of the majority party in the parliament.
  
• As per the constitution, PM of the nation is also the chief adviser to the president of Pakistan and he advises him on significant matters and even he has a great role in appointing various members under military leadership as well as it’s his duty to ensure civilian control of the military.
  

Soon after becoming an independent country, its founding father or he is better known as Qaed-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah became the Governor-General of the newly-formed country and he was able to sustain a strong central government under his leadership. After his demise in 1948, Khawaja Nazimuddin became the Governor-General but real powers vested with Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan.  

List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan

Now, let’s just look at the list of all the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and their tenure so far –

PRIME MINISTERS S/No Name Tenure Image 1 Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan 15-08-1947 To 16-10-1951 2 Khawaja Nazimuddin 17-10-1951 To 17-04-1953 3 Mr. Mohammad Ali Bogra 17-04-1953 To 11-08-1955 4 Ch. Mohammed Ali 11-08-1955 To 12-09-1956 5 Mr. Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi 12-09-1956 To 18-10-1957 6 Mr. Ibrahim Ismail Chaundrigar 18-10-1957 To 16-12-1957 7 Malik Feroz Khan Noon 16-12-1957 To 07-10-1958 8 Mr. Noor-ul-Amin 07-12-1971 To 20-12-1971 9 Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 14-08-1973 To 05-07-1977 10 Mr. Muhammad Khan Junejo 23-03-1985 To 29-05-1988 11 Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto 02-12-1988 To 06-08-1990 12 Mr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan Jatoi (Caretaker) 06-08-1990 To 06-11-1990 13 Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif 06-11-1990 To 18-04-1993 14 Mir Balakh Sher Mazari (Caretaker) 18-04-1993 To 26-05-1993 15 Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif 26-05-1993 To 08-07-1993 16 Mr. Moin Qureshi (Caretaker) 08-07-1993 To 19-10-1993 17 Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto 19-10-1993 To 05-11-1996 18 Malik Meraj Khalid (Caretaker) 06-11-1996 To 17-02-1997 19 Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif 17-02-1997 To 12-10-1999 20 Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali 23-11-2002 To 26-06-2004 21 Chuadhary Shujaat Hussain 30-06-2004 To 26-08-2004 22 Mr. Shaukat Aziz 28-08-2004 To 15-11-2007 23 Mr. Muhammad Mian Soomro (Caretaker) 16-11-2007 To 24-03-2008 24 Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani 25-03-2008 To 25-04-2012 25 Raja Pervez Ashraf 22-06-2012 To 24-03-2013 26 Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Caretaker) 25-03-2013 To 05-06-2013 27 Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif 05-06-2013 To 28-07-2017 28 Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 01-08-2017 To 31-05-2018 29 Justice (Retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk (Caretaker) 01-06-2018 To 18-08-2018 30 Mr. Imran Khan 18-08-2018 To 10-04-2022 31 Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif 11-04-2022 To date